see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> john kerry will be leaving the senate soon. he's been there for 28 years. he ran for president and came close to winning. al gore almost chose him for the v.p. slot in 2000. become one of the party's leading voices on foreign affairs. and now as he nears the age of 70, he's going to cap it off with an appointment as secretary of state. he has earned a place in history. which makes it so easy to forget how close he came to being nothing more than a has been. the story picks up in 1972 when he was making his first bid for congress. nationally he was celebrated for his opposition to the war he'd fought in. but the locals didn't take to him. he moved to lowell, massachusetts, just to run for the house. george mcgovern carried that race. it forced him to start all over again from scratch. a law degree from boston college, a spot in the d.a.'s office in massachusetts. the clock yuz ticking. kerry was 29 when he first run for congress. but at 40, he hadn't